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w. a. cox. BRACKET FOR AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS- APPLICATION FILED MAY 20,192. I

1,386,845. 1 mm Aug. 9,1921.

fig-L n WG.C c 3% F 4 75 E I? w i a W UNITED STA'fiE earner WILLIAM G. COX, OF CLEVELAND, 0 E10, ASSIGNOR T0 COX BRASS IiIANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ALBANY, HEX.

1 ORE, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed May 20, 1921.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM G. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for Automobile-Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

My primary object is to provide a simple and eii'ective bracket adapted to facilitate the attachment of a spring bar bumper to an automobile frame, the bracket being particularly constructed to permit straight alinement thereof with the frame part to which it is to be attached and to clamp the bar in an advantageous thrust position opposite a twisted. portion and a right-angled bend in the bracket. The bracket is also provided with a depending clamping extremity adapted to co-act with a separate angular clamping piece to fa ilitate adjustments and to permit bars of different width and thickness to be securely clamped in the same bracket.

Tn the drawing: accompanying this application, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of an automobile and a bumper fixed thereto by one of my improved brackets. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of my bracket attached tothe spring-suspension portion of a chassis frame and showing; a bumper in cross section. on line 2-2 of 1, supported thereon. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the main bra ket member, and Fig. 4: is )OJISPGCtiVQ view of the separate angle pie, used as a clamping extension for the bracket.

The invention comprises a relatively heavy flat bar 2 of metal which is straight for the greater portion of its length but also possessing" a lateral bend on curve li as merging with a twisted bend l which pl ,5 the flat sides of the front and rear 1 r ions of the bar at right angles and in offset relation laterally viewed from the top as shown in Fig. 3. The straight attachment end of the bar is adapted to be secured edge upright to one side of the chassis frame extension 5, either by bolts 6 as shown, or by clips or other means, and the twisted front end portion of the bar extends forwardly on a straight horizontal line for a short distance and thence upwardly at right angles before being bent re- Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

Serial No. 471,164.

verse-1y and downwardly to provide a vertislotor recess 7 which is open at its bottom side to receive the supporting bar 8 of bumper B. The reversely bent portion 9 extends downwardly for a considerable distance beneath the horizontal fiat connectmg; portion 10 of the bracket bar 2 and provides a relatively long spring lip or tongue which is adapted to-be flexed inwardly to clamp the bumper bar 8 within the slot or recess 7, and to effect a rigid clamping action on bumper bars different width a separate metal angle piece 11 is seated upon the bottom side of flat connecting portion 10 of the bracket and fastened thereto by a bolt and nut 12, while a second clampbolt and nut 14- serves to unite and draw the extremity of tongue 9 and the Vertical flange 15 of angle piece 11 together. In this way it is feasible to clamp bumper bars of different widths and thicknesses very rigidly in place within bracket 2 so that the thrust of the bumper will be placed directly opposite the twisted connecting portion neck of the bracket and which twist the bra ket braces and gives strength thereto The vertical flange 15 of clamping member 11 serves in a sense to extend the seat and length of the slot or recess for the bumper bar, and the bar may rest on the i but is preferably raised to effort a powerful and 2 .1". fi m. damping action at the corner of clamping piece 11.

D What I claim is:

.z. A. bracket for automobile bumpers,

adapted to clamp a bumper upon said.

bracket.

3. A bracket for automobile bumpers, comprising a flat bar having a lateral bend and a twisted portion and bent in reverse directions at one end to provide a clamping seat and a spring tongue for a bumper bar,

and an angular clamping member and clamping bolts connected .With said bar and tongue.

4:. A bracket for automobile bumpers, comprising a twisted bar having a transverse seat and a reversely bent extremity providing a spring tongue depending beneath said seat, a separate angular clamping piece aiiixed to said seat opposite the depending extremity of said tongue, and a r-lai'nping bolt connecting said tongue and clamping piece.

5. A bracket for automobile bumpers,

comprising a Hat bar having one end portion twisted at right angles to the plane side of its opposite end, and. bent upwardly and downwardly at the front end of its twisted portion to provide a relatively long tongue and a recess at the base of said tongue, a right-angled clamping member afiixed to said twisted portion of the bracket and extending downwardly parallel into the free end of said tongue, and a clamping bolt uniting said tongue and member.

WILLIAM G. COX. 

